Palliative Care – Spiritual, Religious and Existential Aspects of Care

ABOUT THESE COURSES

This training will create a foundation for introducing palliative care into the primary care setting earlier in the course of a serious illness.  Multiple training sessions have been created and are available to any physician or care team member who would like to attend.  The training opportunities are:

• Palliative Care – Cultural Aspects of Care  
  • This two-hour course will discuss the definitions and importance of inclusion of cultural aspects of the care of patients with serious illness.  This course will also include the opportunity to review cultural assessment tools that can be utilized in future clinical practice.
• Palliative Care – Spiritual, Religious and Existential Aspects of Care 
  • This two-hour course will discuss the definitions and importance of spirituality, religion, and existentialism in the care of patients with serious illness and at the end of life. This course will provide information on assessment tools and conceptual models of practice.

Additionally, several on-demand learning opportunities are available via the link below.  These can be viewed at any time.

Learner Materials:

Palliative Care Training Overview (PDF) – for the full-day course

On-Demand Learning 

Social Aspects of Care AND
Ethical and Legal Aspects of Care

3- hours course will:

• Explain the importance of medical ethics in palliative care
• Identify six values of medical ethics
• Discuss the integration of medical ethics into serious illness care
• Identify common legal issues patients face in serious illness care
• Describe the three components of the Advance Care Planning (ACP) process
• Explain types of Advance Directives (AD)
• Explain the social aspects of care domain
• Describe the importance of the social assessment
• Discuss one clinical tool for completing a comprehensive assessment
• Identify resources that support the needs of the patient, family members and caregivers

Please note that a separate account will be necessary to view these on-demand materials. You will get an email from Udemy Platform to access the videos. 

Cost: Complimentary
 
Successful Course Completion includes:

• Attendance at the entire course.  If attending live virtual, you must have audio and see the live slides
• Completion of the course post-test:  need to have a score of 80% or greater
• Completion of the course evaluation

If you have any questions, contact Yang Yang at [email protected]

Register Here 

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Cultural Aspects of Care

Physician/Nurse:
Statement of Accreditation
Practice Transformation Institute is accredited by the MSMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement
Practice Transformation Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Work:
This course is approved by the NASW-Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative
This approval statement is for Practice Transformation Institute Approval Number: 011323-07  #CE Hours approved: 2  Type of course: Live Webinar

Spiritual, Religious and Existential Aspects of Care

Physician/Nurse:
Statement of Accreditation
Practice Transformation Institute is accredited by the MSMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement
Practice Transformation Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Work:
This course is approved by the NASW-Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative
This approval statement is for Practice Transformation Institute Approval Number: 011323-07  #CE Hours approved: 2  Type of course: Live Webinar

Social Aspects of Care AND

Ethical and Legal Aspects of Care

Physician/Nurse:
Statement of Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) through the joint providership of Practice Transformation Institute and MI-CCSI. Practice Transformation Institute is accredited by the MSMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement
Practice Transformation Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Work:
This course is approved by the NASW-Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative
This approval statement is for Practice Transformation Institute Approval Number: 011323-07  #CE Hours approved: 3 (One CE in Ethical) Type of course: On-demand